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ACWA Power

  • advisor
    Thierry Tardy
    Director, Business Development Division,

Africa Finance Corporation

  • principal
    Sameh Shenouda
    Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
  • advisor
    Kome Johnson-Azuara
    Associate Vice President

African Development Bank

  • principal
    Stefan Nalletamby
    Director, Financial Sector Development
  • advisor
    Gareth Phillips
    Manager, Climate and Environmental Finance
  • advisor
    Monojeet Pal
    Energy, Environment, and Climate Change Department

Allianz Climate Solutions GmbH

  • principal
    Claus Stickler
    Managing Director and Global Co-Lead
  • advisor
    Martin Ewald
    Managing Director

Aon

  • advisor
    Katie Sabo
    Managing Director

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • advisor
    Madeleine Plocki
    Gender - Inclusive, Sustainable Economic Recovery

Bank of America

  • principal
    Alexandra Liftman
    Global Environment Executive
  • advisor
    Abyd Karmali
    Managing Director, Climate Finance

BlackRock

  • principal
    Paul Bodnar
    Global Head of Sustainable Investing
  • advisor
    Rael McNally
    Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Renewable Power

Bloomberg Philanthropies

  • advisor
    Ailun Yang
    Environment Program Manager

Brazilian Development Bank

  • principal
    Nabil Kadri
    Chief of Environment and Amazon Fund
  • advisor
    Marcio Macedo
  • advisor
    Raphael Stein
    Coordinator, Environmental Department

Climate Strategy & Partners

  • advisor
    Peter Sweatman
    Founder and Chief Executive

DWS Group

  • advisor
    Murray Birt
    Senior ESG Strategist

Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • principal
    Tomas Anker Christensen
    Climate Ambassador

Denmark’s Export Credit Agency

  • advisor
    Dan Cleff
    Deputy Director
  • advisor
    Mariane Søndergaard-Jensen
    International Regulation and Relations

Deutsche Bank

  • principal
    Andrew Pidden
    Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investments
  • advisor
    Anne-Katrin Gruenewald
    Fund Manager, Sustainable Investments
  • advisor
    Lada Strelnikova
    Lead Fund Manager European Energy Efficiency Fund, Director DWS (Deutsche Bank Group)

Development Bank of Southern Africa

  • principal
    Paul Currie
    Chief Investment Officer
  • advisor
    Catherine Koffman
    Group Executive Head of the Project Preparation Division

Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank

  • principal
    Jorim Schraven
    Director, Impact and ESG department

FinDev Canada

  • principal
    Lori Kerr
    Chief Executive Officer
  • advisor
    Sumaiya Sajjad
    Head, Technical Assistance Facility

French Development Agency

  • principal
    Remy Rioux
    Chief Executive Officer/Chair
  • advisor
    Alexis Bonnel
    Sector Operations
  • advisor
    Damien Navizet
    Head of the Climate Division
  • advisor
    Mathilde Bord-Laurans
    Head of Energy Division

French Ministry of Economy & Finance

  • advisor
    Marine Lannoy
    Deputy Head of Multilateral Finance for Development and Climate, Directorate General of the Treasury

German Federal Foreign Office

  • principal
    Norbert Gorißen
    Deputy Special Representative for International Climate Policy

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

  • advisor
    Sarah Zügel
    Climate Finance Policy Advisor

German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action

  • principal
    Vera Rodenhoff
    Deputy Director General, International Climate Protection and International Energy Transition

German KFW Development Bank

  • principal
    Barbara Schnell
    Head of the Sector Policy Department
  • advisor
    Kia Fariborz
    Senior Sector Economist
  • advisor
    Peter Hilliges

Inter-American Development Bank

  • principal
    Juan Pablo Bonilla
    Manager of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector
  • advisor
    Anita Fiori de Abreu
    Lead Investment Officer
  • advisor
    Giovanni Leo Frisari
    Senior Climate Change Specialist
  • advisor
    Graham Watkins
    Chief of the Climate Change Division
  • advisor
    Maria Netto de A. C. Schneider
    Principal

International Finance Corporation

  • advisor
    Anup Jagwani
    Manager, Climate Finance and Policy
  • advisor
    Steven Baillie
    Principal Financial Officer
  • advisor
    Vivek Pathak
    Director and Global Head for Climate Business

International Fund For Agricultural Development

  • principal
    Jyotsna Puri
    Associate Vice President
  • advisor
    Hisham Zehni
    Senior Technical Specialist, Climate and Environment

Liebreich Associates

  • principal
    Michael Liebreich
    Chairman of the Advisory Board

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group)

  • principal
    Christopher Marks
    Managing Director, Emerging Markets
  • advisor
    Ariane Pevide
    Director, Emerging Markets

Rockefeller Foundation

  • principal
    Ashvin Dayal
    Senior Vice President (Power and Climate)
  • principal
    Maria Kozloski
    Senior Vice President, Innovative Finance
  • advisor
    Carli Roth
    Assistant Principal

Rwanda's National Fund for the Environment FONERWA

  • principal
    Teddy Mugabo
    Chief Executive Officer
  • advisor
    Felix Yvan Rugwizangoga
    Chief Strategy Officer
  • advisor
    Nathalie Mutalikanwa
    Climate Finance Specialist

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

  • principal
    Kerstin Jonsson Cissé
    Unit Director, Global Sustainable Economic Development
  • advisor
    Karin Lindblad
    Senior Program Manager, Department for Partnerships and Innovations
  • advisor
    Mats Åberg
    Senior Policy Specialist, Unit for Global Sustainable Economic Development
  • advisor
    Nawar Al Ebadi
    Programme Officer, Department for Partnerships and Innovations

U.S. Agency for International Development

  • advisor
    Autumn Gorman
    Senior Director / Private Enterprise Officer, PSE Hub Incubator
  • advisor
    Lucas Isakowitz
    Climate Finance Advisor
  • advisor
    Marianne Smallwood
    Foreign Service Officer
  • advisor
    Sashi Jayatileke
    Climate Finance Advisor
  • advisor
    Victoria Ryan
    Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Department of State

  • advisor
    Christina Chan
    Senior Adaptation Advisor
  • advisor
    Pallavi Sherikar
    Climate Adaptation Negotiator and Policy Specialist, Office of Global Change
  • advisor
    Daniel Kandy
    Foreign Affairs Officer, Sustainable Landscapes Director

UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

  • principal
    Zoe Norgate
    Deputy Director, International Net Zero, Green Finance and Capability
  • advisor
    Ellen Paton
    Climate Finance Investment Lead and Senior Policy Advisor

WTW

  • principal
    Rowan Douglas
    Head - Climate and Resilience Hub
  • advisor
    Carlos Sanchez
    Director, Climate Resilience Finance
  • advisor
    Sarah Conway
    Director, Climate and Resilience Hub

World Bank

  • advisor
    Mafalda Duarte
    Head - Climate Investment Funds

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